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The Subject is Painting

September 11 @ 5:00 pm 8:00 pm

First Class: Wednesday, September 11
Last Class: October 16
Time:
 5:00 – 8:00 PM
Class meets weekly for 6 weeks
Instructor:
 Melisse Herman
Location: Room 208, Print Studio
Ages:
Adults
Skill Level:
 Intermediate
Registration Fee:
$240

About the class

If you have some experience with painting, either oil or acrylic, you know there are stumbling blocks along the way. One of the best ways artists (Matisse, Morandi, and many others) have used to push their work forward is to create subject limits. In this class, we will work from still life and limit the objects so the focus can be the paint. Narrowing how you look at color, value, temperature, color schemes, etc., and most importantly subject, allows for intensive growth. Be willing to limit yourself now for a payoff in your painting and experience how limits can be a fun way to grow.

Tables and easels are provided. Students bring their own painting supplies. Instructor will email students to discuss materials prior to the start of class.

Please share any special considerations (medical, physical, learning) that will help your instructor make your class accessible and accommodating for you. You can share these considerations when register or by emailing Sean at sean@sonomacommunitycenter.org.

The Sonoma Community Center (the Center) strives to create an inclusive, safe community where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. The Center is committed to creating such an environment because it brings out the fullest potential in each of us, which, in turn, contributes directly to creating a community of belonging. In order to ensure a positive, safe, and welcoming experience for everyone, all program participants are asked to abide by the following policies, community agreements, and restorative safety protocol.

About the instructor

Melisse Herman

Instructor / Artist

Melisse Herman works with themes of Absence and Presence, compelling a dialogue in which the viewer draws their own meaning from each work – engaging with what is first unseen, then subtly visible, and finally clear. Melisse graduated with distinction from California College of the Arts, and received her MFA with honors in painting and drawing from Mills College. She has exhibited on both the East and West Coasts and has featured in a number of significant collections, including the Chevron Corporation and the United States Embassy in Hong Kong. She helped to compose a young adult novel, and has taught at both California College of the Arts and Mills College as well as other institutions for over 35 years.

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